From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 7 19:20:03 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6606B16A41F for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 19:20:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from smtp1.utdallas.edu (smtp1.utdallas.edu [129.110.10.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2724543D77 for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 19:20:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from utd59514.utdallas.edu (utd59514.utdallas.edu [129.110.3.28]) by smtp1.utdallas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7539C388FAE for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 13:20:02 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 13:20:02 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <7F66C37EB58B0B65025105CF@utd59514.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <2e5ed0aa0511070019t49275f07h489cf0fea4161ab8@mail.gmail.com> References: <2e5ed0aa0511070019t49275f07h489cf0fea4161ab8@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Mulberry/3.1.6 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: Antivir for mail server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 19:20:03 -0000 --On Monday, November 07, 2005 09:19:24 +0100 Fatman wrote: > I'm doubting about to install CLAM or DR.WEB antivir in the mail server. > > What do you advise to me? > We've been using ClamAV and McAfee side by side on our gateway for some time now, and ClamAV is a tenth of a percent less effective than McAfee. Both catch over 99% of what hits the server. (I keep running stats on all that stuff.) You can feel very confident that you are catching almost all the viruses running Clam AV. That said, it never hurts to run two or more scanners, depending upon your cpu and memory capabilities. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/